Nieuw Kapelle

Nieuw Kapelle is an island in the Caribbean. Settled by the United Provinces in 1654, the settlement was razed by pirates hired by England during the Anglo-Dutch Wars.

History
Nieuw Kapelle was named for a town in Zeeland in the Netherlands, and it was populated by Dutch colonists. The settlers established a small village of log houses near their town center, also having a bank and a market. The colony was defenseless, however, and in 1654 an army of pirates and soldiers from England landed on the southern shore of the island and advanced to the town. Cornelius de Wassenaer, the town's founder, was forced to surrender after the town center was razed and the population massacred, and the colony was abandoned.